Mary Boyd Ratzer (Author of RX for the Common Core)

The rigors of today's mandated academic standards can repurpose your library's role as a steward of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at your school. This guide will help you help teachers present exciting, field-tested lessons for elementary grades K through 5, addressing developmental steps and individual differences in key competencies in the CCSS. Authors and educators Mary Ratzer and Paige Jaeger illustrate how brain-based learning helps students become deep, critical thinkers and provide the lesson plans to coax the best thinking out of each child.

As grade level and content-specific teachers begin to incorporate inquiry-based approaches into their classrooms, they should look to collaborate on lesson planning with their librarian, Jaeger said. Jaeger and her co-author Mary Ratzer want to align teaching strategies to the research on how the brain learns best, which they believe fits perfectly with inquiry learning.

Mary Ratzer's LiveBinders Shelf

I sent out a plea for help today to my school library buddies, asking for some curriculum links for an upcoming workshop. Mary Ratzer, a former School Library Media Specialist, now a consultant (Learning Curve Associates) sent me a wonderful list of that she uses in her workshops.

Dr. Rich Bernato interviews Gail Barraco, Coordinator of School Library System for Eastern Suffolk BOCES. They discuss the role of school libraries and librarians and their impact on instruction. Gail outlines the process of inquiry-based learning and the work of Mary Ratzer at the University of Albany. They also discuss ways in which principals and teachers can work with their school library media center, and how the role of the school librarian has changed. , chair of the library department at Dowling, joins the conversation to talk about the role of the school library media center in a school's technology decisions.

Mary Ratzer’s Wiki on SLOs and APPRs

The rigors of today's mandated academic standards can repurpose your library's role as a steward of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) at your school. Created for teachers of grades 6 through 12, this guide will help you help present exciting, field-tested lessons that address developmental steps and individual differences in key competencies in the CCSS. Authors and educators Mary Ratzer and Paige Jaeger illustrate how brain-based learning helps students become deep, critical thinkers, and provide the lesson plans to coax the best thinking out of each child.

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Saratoga Springs educator Mary Boyd Ratzer is a keen proponent of the Common Core State Standards for education, and she’s written four books to support them.

Professional Links for Plans, Ideas, Possibilities by Mary Ratzer

nyla ssl president sue kowalski and paige s co author mary ratzer

As grade level and content-specific teachers begin to incorporate inquiry-based approaches into their classrooms, they should look to collaborate on lesson planning with their librarian, Jaeger said. Jaeger and her co-author Mary Ratzer want to align teaching strategies to the research on how the brain learns best, which they believe fits perfectly with inquiry learning.

The panel was made up of longtime Shenendehowa School District library media specialist Mary Boyd Ratzer, the deputy director and attorney for the New York State School Board Association Jay Worona, retired Shen Superintendent John Yagielski, and Maria Neira, a former teacher who is now vice president of the New York State United Teachers and a member of the Congressional Hispanic Institutional Advisory Council.